Canespotting: Pablo Picasso
As seen on NPR… The Art Of Photographing Artists: Portraits By Arnold Newman by CLAIRE O’NEILL March 28, 2013 A bentwood rocker in pretty rough shape is seen at the right side of the photo. If only I could figure out the wibbly wobbly timey whimey ways of Dr. Who, I could go back in time […]
Cane-spotting…Norman Rockwell’s Chair
Chair Repair, Chair Repair. Like I said, it’s everywhere! Including tonight on Antiques Roadshow. Watch it here. Or read the article. This lady was a model for Norman as a child and her father was his friend/photographer, who eventually got the chair off of him. He gave it away because the seat was broken! […]
Canespotting: Mark Twain’s Chair
While being laid out with the flu, Dave and I watched a Ken Burns special about Mark Twain. We see cane chairs and designs in almost every show we watch including Dr. Who, Sons of Anarchy, Downton Abbey, a Mt. Everest documentary, and numerous nerdy biographies on PBS. Here is a chair we were really […]
